The Federal Highway Administration has announced the availability of the proposed 2011 implementation strategy for the Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program (STEP). The program was established under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which expired on Sept. 30, 2009. However, FHWA anticipates that funding for [...]
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California, FHWA Renew MOU for Categorical Exclusion Delegation
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced the renewal of its Section 6004 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which it assumed FHWA’s responsibility for determining whether certain transportation projects may be categorically excluded from the National Environmental Policy Act review process. The MOU streamlines the federal environmental review process for categorically excluded transportation projects [...]
DOT and HUD to Award $75 Million
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have announced a first-ever joint grant process to award $75 million in financial support for coordinated planning activities that integrate transportation and housing decisions. DOT will issue $35 million in grants for transportation planning and design activities from the second round of [...]
U.S. Department of Transportation et al
US Department of Transportation consists of the Office of the Secretary and the following individual Operating Administrations:The US Department of Transportation is the primary agency in the federal government with the responsibility for shaping and administering policies and programs to protect and enhance the safety, adequacy, and efficiency of the transportation system and services. Federal [...]
WSDOT Stewardship Potential on Scenic Recreational Highways
The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a technical report on a study to develop a resource planning index for use in benchmarking and tracking the stewardship performance of investments associated with the state’s Scenic and Recreational Highway system. The study conducted a geographic information system (GIS) analysis to identify a unique index value [...]
